Earlier, Norwegian authorities had temporarily suspended her as they opened an investigation into her alleged contacts with Epstein. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently working to shed light on the case concerning … Ambassador Mona Juul’s contacts with Jeffrey Epstein,” Norway’s foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, had said in a statement. “We have decided today to relieve Ambassador Juul of her duties for the duration of this investigation,” he added in a message to Agence France-Presse.
